THE YANKS ARE COMING US ARMY BANDS OF WORLD WAR I (1917-1919) It was called “The Great War” in the time before we started capitalizing…
Posts published in “Bugle Stories”
Bugles on D-Day
By Tapsbugler on June 5, 2019
D-Day Bugles Were bugles used during the D-Day invasion? It’s a question I get every so often. There is a photo (above) of a US…
WWII Paratrooper with bugle on D-Day
By Tapsbugler on June 4, 2019
A great image of a Paratrooper of the 506th Parachute Regiment. Can you see the bugle? This is an Army Signal Corps photo taken on…
D-Day Trumpet returns to Normandy Beaches
By Tapsbugler on June 1, 2019
By Kenny Bierschenk Carried onto Omaha Beach in 1944 Taps will be sounded on the 75th D-Day Anniversary on this trumpet This trumpet laid beneath…
Memorial Day At Arlington
By Tapsbugler on May 24, 2019
The Flying Tigers Ceremony at Arlington My Memorial Day Story I was on active duty with the USAF Band from 1985-2008 as a trumpeter and…
What Taps Means To Me
By Tapsbugler on May 23, 2019
100 Nights of Taps Gettysburg 2019 starts Monday May 27 and continues every evening in the National Cemetery in Gettysburg with a live sounding of…
The Origins of the Model 1892 Bugle (M1892 Field Trumpet)
By Tapsbugler on April 13, 2019
By Jack Carter The word bugle in the United States is often used as a generic term for many types of horns including the instruments…
Pat Walker, Bugler at Baltimore Orioles home games
By Tapsbugler on April 3, 2019
Bugles are associated with baseball. It’s a rare game where you don’t hear the cavalry charge being sounded. Or the six note call-da-da-da-daaa-da-daaa charge call.…
